as it is the fifth diaspora film made in Norway. Izzat was the first ever Norwegian film to be subtitled into Urdu in hopes to reach a double audience, with a visioned release in Pakistan in addition to the release in Norway. The film did not gather any significant reception in Pakistan and Izzat remained mostly a success within Norway. Izzat was well received by the general public, not because of the ethnic theming of the movie, but rather for its engaging action and thriller suspense. The film was also met with some criticism from the public with the main criticism being that the film did not provide as satisfactory and slick action as a typical Hollywood film of the same genre which Norwegians had grown accustomed to. Izzat also received critical reception as being a successful movie made by immigrants. The movie was praised for its theming and handling of social issues in Norway regarding non-western and Islamic immigrants growing up in Norway. The film has a current score of 74% on Rotten Tomatoes. Izzat is considered part of the new wave cinema that emerged in Norway after 2001 when the Norwegian government created a new national film policy. The policy was to remove municipality film funding and create a single state sponsored film agency from a decision made by the Norwegian Minister of Culture. The motivation was to get more Norwegians to go see Norwegian made films rather than making Norwegian films for a single elite cinemagoers group. Norwegian films constituted 5–10% of market shares in the cinema industry in Norway, while the rest was made from Hollywood films. The new system was modelled after the successful Danish model and it was created to have Norwegian film makers take advantage of the established genres from Hollywood. Izzat was the most successful movie that came out of this new model national film policy during its time. Awards Izzat was nominated for five nominations after its release in the 2006 Amanda Award (Amandaprisen), which is held annually at the Norwegian international film festival in Haugesund. The movie got nominated for: Årets mannlige skuespiller (Best Actor) – Emil Marwa Årets barne og ungdomsfilm (Best Youth Film) – Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen Årets norkse kinofilm (Best Film) – John M. Jacobsen and Sveinung Golimo Årets filmmanuskript (Best Screenplay) – Leon Bashir and Ulrik Imtaiz Rolfsen Best Debut – Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen The film